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The Plant Cell Webinar: Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress
In this one-hour webinar, Leia Colin, Sophie Filleur, Yong-Fei Wang, and Yan-Qiu Tan will share highlights from their research published in the January 2023 Focus Issue of The Plant Cell on climate change and plant abiotic stress. Register now!
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Plantae provides various resources and avenues for the community to share information and network. Join us on these community resources to stay connected with all your plant science colleagues.
Apply for 2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)
The ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) fund promising undergraduate students so they can conduct research in plant biology during the early part of their college careers. Applications are accepted from January 9 – March 15, 2023.

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Education

Plant Cell webinar: Plant responses to abiotic stress
By: Mary Williams
January 26, 2023
Plant Cell Webinar: Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress Celebrating the January 2023 Focus Issue on Climate Change and Plant Abiotic Stress When: read more...
Plantae Presents: How to Read a Scientific Paper
By: Plantae Community
January 10, 2023
Plantae Presents: How to Read a Scientific Paper Featuring Mary Williams and Michelle Facette When: Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at 08:00 AM PST | read more...
Taproot S6E3: Classroom Cosplay: Applying Creative and Scientific Approaches to Teaching
By: Plantae Community
January 10, 2023
In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Robison, an Assistant Professor of Biology at Manchester University in Indiana. Jennifer received her read more...

Careers

From Fungal Diversity to People Diversity: Addressing the Gender Gap in Academia
By: Maria Constantin
January 9, 2023
In 2020, just 26% of professors in the Netherlands were women. This low percentage represents a battle for equality that started more than 100 years read more...
Career Planning for Graduate Students
By: Ángel Vergara Cruces
January 9, 2023
Managing your career is an essential skill for graduate students. However, it is often neglected in favor of research responsibilities. Proper read more...
[Video] From Journalism to the Lab: My Path in Plant Science
By: Guest Post
January 9, 2023
Many members of the plant science community came from interesting and unexpected backgrounds. Guest contributor, Dorcas Olufunke Alade, Graduate read more...

Research Insights

Running a sustainable, values-drivenresearch group in the next generation
By: Mary Williams
January 27, 2023
This is a fantastic article to help new, future, and even current lab heads think about their postures, priorities, and practices. It was developed read more...
Special issue: Rubisco and its regulation
By: Abdulkabir Abdulmalik
January 27, 2023
Rubisco (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase) catalyzes the fixation of atmospheric carbon from CO2 to molecules used for biosynthesis and energy read more...
Genome editing: An update on global policies and perceptions
By: Andrea Gómez-Felipe
January 27, 2023
The CRISPR/Cas system has become a popular genome editing (GEd) method in animals and plants, which allows very fine alterations in target genes and read more...

Announcements and Opportunities

Community

An RNA world (Profile of David Baulcombe)
By: Mary Williams
January 12, 2023
Annual Reviews editions typically start with a brief autobiographical essay by a noted scientist. The 2023 edition of Annual Reviews in Plant Biology read more...
Journalists in Ghana Get to See the Country’s First GM Crop
By: Dennis Baffour-Awuah
January 9, 2023
Journalists in Ghana have visited the country’s first genetically modified crop under confined field trial. The journalists, numbering about forty, read more...
Happy Life, Happy Science
By: Diwen Wang
January 9, 2023
While many people are enjoying what feels like “life as usual” following the global COVID-19 pandemic, there is one truth we cannot deny: life has read more...

Industry News

A rare rabbit plays an important ecological role by spreading seeds

Rabbits aren’t thought of as seed dispersers, but the Amami rabbit of Japan has now read more...

Source: sciencenews_org Date: 01/23/2023 By: Darren Incorvaia

Depth of perception

(Washington University in St. Louis) Minuscule tunnels through the cell membrane help cells to perceive read more...

Source: EurekAlert_agriculture Date: 07/29/2021

Movements in proteins reveal information about antibiotic resistance spreading

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered how a certain type of protein moves for DNA read more...

Source: phys_org_microbiology Date: 01/27/2023

Discussion Feed

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Source: Community News Feed Date: 2023-01-21
Radoslaw Walkowiak posted an update: Diplophyllum albicans (L.) Dumort.; das Hellstreifige []

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Source: Community News Feed Date: 2023-01-21
Amanda Storm posted an update in the group Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Section: PUI Virtual Networking EventJoin us for our Spring []

PUI Virtual Networking Event Join us for our Spring Networking events to share and gain support in read more...

Source: Community News Feed Date: 2023-01-05

ASPB Newsfeed

The Plant Cell’s Cover Image Continues Global Conversation Over AI-Generated Art

The January 2023 Focus Issue of The Plant Cell, one of ASPB’s high-impact journals, spotlights research focusing read more...

Source: ASPB Blog Date: 2023-01-27 By Sarah Black
Undergrads: Build Confidence, Learn Skills with an ASPB Summer Research Fellowship

Submit an Application for an ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships Undergraduate students seeking opportunities to develop read more...

Source: ASPB Blog Date: 2023-01-18 By Sylvia Lee
2023 ASPB Awards Seeking Honorees

ASPB’s Awards honor the most notable achievements and contributions of plant scientists worldwide—a responsibility that the Society read more...

Source: ASPB Blog Date: 2023-01-11 By Sylvia Lee

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